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Tina Smith: “Last summer, Donald Trump and Republicans paid for huge tax…”

Featuring: Tina Smith, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Minnesota

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And everybody is hurt in rural communities when this is happening. So, you know, I thought I had seen everything, but I mean, seriously, Last summer, Last summer, Donald Trump and Republicans paid for huge tax breaks for billionaires and for the wealthiest corporations by slashing health care and by slashing food benefits for working Americans. And now what are they doing? They want to use hungry children as leverage to get Democrats to give up our fight to lower health insurance premiums. (12:31–12:42)

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Asserts that tax breaks for the wealthy were funded by cutting health care and food benefits.

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